1982 Spanish general election

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The 1982 Spanish general election was a landmark vote in which the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), led by Felipe González, won a historic landslide that ushered in a long period of socialist government and consolidated Spain's democratic transition.

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instanceOf general election
APSeatsWon 106
chamberElected Congress of Deputies
Senate
CiUSeatsWon 12
context took place during Spain's transition to democracy
country Spain
date 1982-10-28
electoralBody Congress of Deputies
Cortes Generales
Senate of Spain
electoralLaw Spanish electoral law of 1977 as later amended
FelipeGonzálezPositionAfterElection Prime Minister of Spain
governmentFormed first long-lasting PSOE national government
historicalSignificance consolidated Spain's democratic transition after Francoist dictatorship
marked a historic landslide victory for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
ushered in a long period of socialist government in Spain
leaderOfMainWinner Felipe González
mainOppositionLeader Manuel Fraga
mainOppositionParty People's Alliance
mainOppositionPartyAbbreviation AP
mainWinner Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
mainWinnerAbbreviation PSOE
monarchAtTime Juan Carlos I
nextElection 1986 Spanish general election
numberOfSeatsContested 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies
otherSignificantParty Basque Nationalist Party
Communist Party of Spain
Convergence and Union
otherSignificantPartyAbbreviation CiU
PCE
PNV
PCESeatsWon 4
PNVSeatsWon 8
preElectionPrimeMinister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
preElectionRulingParty Union of the Democratic Centre
preElectionRulingPartyAbbreviation UCD
previousElection 1979 Spanish general election
PSOEResultDescription absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies
PSOESeatsWon 202
reasonForSnapElection political instability and fragmentation of the Union of the Democratic Centre
resultedInPrimeMinister Felipe González
termOfResultingGovernmentStart 1982
type snap election
UCDSeatsWon 11
voterTurnout approximately 79.9%
votingSystem proportional representation
votingSystemDetail D'Hondt method
linked to: d’Hondt method
year 1982

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Felipe González government electoralSupportPeak 1982 Spanish general election
Alianza Popular notableElection 1982 Spanish general election
1979 Spanish general election nextElection 1982 Spanish general election
People's Alliance (Spain) participatedIn Spanish general election, 1982
subject linked to: People's Alliance
linked to: 1982 Spanish general election